Palma (dpa) – Two Spaniards are in trial over the death of a German vacationer on the holiday island Mallorca found guilty by a jury in October 2022. The exact sentence has not yet been determined, according to a reporter German press agency reported from the regional court in the island's capital Palma in the evening. When it would be announced remained unclear. The question would primarily revolve around whether it was murder or manslaughter, the lawyers said.
The two defendants were accused of having found the vacationer from northern Hesse on the street near the Ballermann party mile near Palma late in the evening of October 8, 2022, taking him with him in their van and later throwing him out of the car on the airport highway . But they themselves had protested in court that the young man had jumped out of the car himself.
Coroner: Death caused by run-over
The 20-year-old's death was caused by being run over, as forensic experts testified as witnesses. A following vehicle soon rolled over the man.
The public prosecutor's office and the lawyers for the German's family are each demanding 25 years in prison if the crime is classified as murder and 15 years in prison for manslaughter. The investigators suspected the motive was that the two Spaniards wanted to rob the drunk German. According to the indictment, the vacationer had 2.41 per mille of alcohol in his blood.
